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More Fed pump-priming

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2008
... higher-than-expected outcome could bring back RBA rate hike speculation, particularly given the recent shock inflation report.

Inflation Report: Japan's Turn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2008
Global inflation remains elevated. This is the broad-based conclusion that could be derived after the recent updates on consumer price growth in the US and the Eurozone last week and yesterday's CPI report for Australia. Today it is Japan's turn, although ...

This Week's Market Movers (14-18 July 2008)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2008
... record highs against the US dollar, will put pressure on further gains in industrial production going forward. The inflation report for the UK will be released on Tuesday. Consumer prices increased by 0.6 percent in May, to stand 3.3 percent above their ...

Sub-prime Godzilla tramples Japan

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2007
... the first time since the great depression of the 1930s. In its first credit crunch post-mortem - the quarterly inflation report - the Bank of England is sure to take the scalpel to interest rates with the prognosis for both economic growth and inflation ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 OCT 2006
... Tinto were performing well and the "benign" inflation data had driven the market up. "Probably the very benign inflation report, was clearly one of the catalysts for the market doing reasonably well," Mr Heffernan said. "It (the market) is positive and ...

Weekly economic round-up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 JUN 2006
... the middle of last week following reports of a bigger than expected increase in US core consumer prices. The inflation report practically sealed a 25 basis point interest rate hike at the 29 June Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting. At the same ...

Weekly economic round-up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2006
... board meeting takes on a particular significance in light of the higher than expected Australian headline CPI inflation report for the March quarter. Last week, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released data showing that domestic consumer prices ...

Daily economic update

The US Federal Reserve will view last night's inflation report favourably. US headline CPI rose by 0.1 per cent in February and the core inflation measure also increased by a mild 0.1 per cent. Expectations were for a rise of 0.1 per cent and 0.2 per ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2005
... Motors shares over worries about the automotive sector. But the broader market was little changed following a tame inflation report. The Dow Jones industrial average was down 11.68 points at 10,674.76. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index was up 2.20 points ...

Weekly Economic Roundup

... inflation rate rose to 4.7 per cent - the highest in 14 years - from 3.6 per cent in August. However, the US CPI inflation report showed that high energy costs have not (yet) flowed through to core prices (excludes food and energy), with the core measure ...